topic Re: CDE mouse pointer in Operating System - HP-UX

CDE mouse pointer

Victor Vitug — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:02:58 GMT

Can the mouse pointer on CDE be made bigger?

Re: CDE mouse pointer

Wodisch — Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:35:52 GMT

Hi,

read the documentation of the latest X-Windows patches. I seem to remember a feature to "zoom" the pointer.

Another way would be to paint your own pointer of choice and size, and instruct your Xclients to use it (with "xsetroot" and in your "$HOME/.Xdefaults" file).

Tell me if you need more details.

Regards,
Wodisch

Re: CDE mouse pointer

Rick Beldin — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:39:22 GMT

The Xserver release notes that are delivered and updated with each patch are in the file /usr/lib/X11/Xserver/info/screens/hp.

Here is an extract about the Scaled Cursors feature:

Cursor Scaling in the HP X Server
==============================================================================

There are times when the standard X11 cursors are difficult to see on the
screen. The effect is compounded on large displays created via either
Single Logical Screen (SLS) or Distributed Single Logical Screen (SLS/d).

A new Server Option has been added to the HP X server that instructs the
X server to scale all X11 cursors (both user-defined and built-in cursors)
by a user-defined value.

The Scaled Cursor is indicated with the following syntax in the X*screens
file:

ServerOptions
HpCursorScaleFactor n

where n = 2, 3, ...

For example,

ServerOptions
HpCursorScaleFactor 2

If the scaled width or height of any cursor is greater than 64, the
scale factor is reduced so that the net size of the cursor fits into a
64x64 rectangle.

To achieve maximum scaling for all cursors, specify "n" to be a large
value (for example: 15) and all cursors created will be scaled at
their maximum viewable size.

The default value for "n" is 1, or no scaling.

Re: CDE mouse pointer

Steve Steel — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:49:50 GMT

Hi

If logging in via a PC try this

http://cometcursor.cometsystems.com/

Gives lots of cursors.

steve steel

Re: CDE mouse pointer

Steve Steel — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:31:13 GMT

Hi

xsetroot -cursor /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xlogo64 /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xlogo64 -fg white -bg black &

For on the root window. You need to progarm per window for the rest

Steve steel